Does /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.20/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so exist? You should be linking against that. That is the new Java plugin. The old Java plugin is no longer supported.

You also need to make sure that the IcedTea plugin is not being detected by Firefox.

There have always been ghosts in the machine... random segments of code that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul...

I did have the new java-sun plugin on board. I did change the links to point to it. When I then viewed about:plugins I found the new plugin to be operative. I can now view jMol applets and am a happy man. Thank you very much.

There have always been ghosts in the machine... random segments of code that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul...